Blackfeather Woods sleep is a welcome gadget in our headbondhood

Back over the mountains? Taikon looked toward the East. He frowned deeply. He did not want Zephyr to go alone. He knew that Takiyok would vehemently fight against it. He feared going back that direction, since surely Mahler's crew would be out there waiting again to murder him. He could not leave Takiyok alone in the world.
But adventure and risk pulled at him, and the chance to help his pack mate, and someone important to him, it mattered. He thought quickly about how to broach the subject with Takiyok. She would say no, immediately. He knew it. Taikon had only just recovered, and she should have been due to go into heat any day. Takiyok should come with us. She wanted to see her brother, and there's a chance Taktuq went that way too, he answered.
It was the only solution. She is stronger than either of us combined right now, he rationalized.